Yes, and it shamelessly piggybacks on civil rights for legitimacy, constantly harping about how "transphobia" is like racism. That analogy taps into deep guilt and a religious impulse to atone for sin. The self righteous shunning of non believers in my deep blue college town is worthy of a cult. The New Puritans, as Andrew Doyle called them. So true.
This is quite accurate. This bizarre belief system needs to be treated as just that. People can have bizarre beliefs, but they should not be forcing those beliefs on other people, teaching them to children as facts, and punishing the non-believers. Children should be protected from the more gruesome rituals of this belief system, from puberty blockers to cross-sex synthetic hormones to chopping off body parts or mangling others.
I keep waiting for society to realize this, and I'm hopeful that some day it will, at which point people will look back in horror on what our state governments (executive, legislative and judicial branches) and former federal government, and all the pillars of society, from large corporations, to famous people, to educators and medical providers, have done.
Gender ideology is a religion owing to the claim of a trans soul, the in/out group mentality and the fanaticism. It has gone beyond the fetish of a few.
The article states: "Those who defend gender ideology believe it is possible to have a 'gender identity' different from one's 'sex assigned at birth,' although there is no credible evidence of a biological or scientific basis for this concept. Declaring that you are a boy in a girl's body is an idea, a thought, ultimately a belief. And yet, the existence of boys in girls' bodies (and vice versa) is the official state policy of many US states."
Let's go step by step.
There are people who claim to have a "gender identity" different from their sex assigned at birth. That is a fact. What this means is that these people do not have a typical gender expression — that is, the expression we all associate with a given sex. For example, boys on average are more active than girls. If a boy behaves like the majority of girls, then he does not have typical behavior for his sex. In that case, he would have a "gender identity" different from his sex.
In general, males with a gender identity different from their sex will, in adulthood, be effeminate homosexuals. And girls with a gender identity different from their sex will be masculine lesbians. Or at least that was the case before so-called "gender medicine" took over.
The problem, then, is not that there are people with a cross-gender identity, but rather what response we give them when they experience "gender dysphoria."
There are basically two options: either we put them into gender medicine (with hormonal and surgical treatments), or we promote self-acceptance and help them deal with the hostile reactions they may encounter from others. I firmly believe the latter is the correct choice.
I don't consider "likes to do things and behave in ways not typical of their sex" to be "has a different gender identity" at all. I reject the use of the neologism at all. It rejects all the progress of last generation's feminism.
I do agree that some behaviors are *typical* of one gender or another, but they're not *means of identification* any more than "can jump high and loves to play basketball" is a way to identify that a person is Black. It's just absurd.
Yes, and it shamelessly piggybacks on civil rights for legitimacy, constantly harping about how "transphobia" is like racism. That analogy taps into deep guilt and a religious impulse to atone for sin. The self righteous shunning of non believers in my deep blue college town is worthy of a cult. The New Puritans, as Andrew Doyle called them. So true.
Sadly we might lose another election over this.
I’m really glad I live in a state that doesn’t enforce this religion!
Definitely a fringe religion. If I ever get to talk to anyone influential I will frame it as such.
This is quite accurate. This bizarre belief system needs to be treated as just that. People can have bizarre beliefs, but they should not be forcing those beliefs on other people, teaching them to children as facts, and punishing the non-believers. Children should be protected from the more gruesome rituals of this belief system, from puberty blockers to cross-sex synthetic hormones to chopping off body parts or mangling others.
I keep waiting for society to realize this, and I'm hopeful that some day it will, at which point people will look back in horror on what our state governments (executive, legislative and judicial branches) and former federal government, and all the pillars of society, from large corporations, to famous people, to educators and medical providers, have done.
Gender ideology is a religion owing to the claim of a trans soul, the in/out group mentality and the fanaticism. It has gone beyond the fetish of a few.
The article states: "Those who defend gender ideology believe it is possible to have a 'gender identity' different from one's 'sex assigned at birth,' although there is no credible evidence of a biological or scientific basis for this concept. Declaring that you are a boy in a girl's body is an idea, a thought, ultimately a belief. And yet, the existence of boys in girls' bodies (and vice versa) is the official state policy of many US states."
Let's go step by step.
There are people who claim to have a "gender identity" different from their sex assigned at birth. That is a fact. What this means is that these people do not have a typical gender expression — that is, the expression we all associate with a given sex. For example, boys on average are more active than girls. If a boy behaves like the majority of girls, then he does not have typical behavior for his sex. In that case, he would have a "gender identity" different from his sex.
In general, males with a gender identity different from their sex will, in adulthood, be effeminate homosexuals. And girls with a gender identity different from their sex will be masculine lesbians. Or at least that was the case before so-called "gender medicine" took over.
The problem, then, is not that there are people with a cross-gender identity, but rather what response we give them when they experience "gender dysphoria."
There are basically two options: either we put them into gender medicine (with hormonal and surgical treatments), or we promote self-acceptance and help them deal with the hostile reactions they may encounter from others. I firmly believe the latter is the correct choice.
I don't consider "likes to do things and behave in ways not typical of their sex" to be "has a different gender identity" at all. I reject the use of the neologism at all. It rejects all the progress of last generation's feminism.
I do agree that some behaviors are *typical* of one gender or another, but they're not *means of identification* any more than "can jump high and loves to play basketball" is a way to identify that a person is Black. It's just absurd.